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Nah Google doesn’t care about that. Spammers have been doing it for years on Google Drive/Docs and Microsoft Sharepoint.

• bdcravens 5y ago
  You're restating GP comment about why Google may need to do this.
  • dqv 5y ago
    No, I am not. The GP said that it is a popular method lately and I explained that it has been happening for years. What TFA is saying is that there will be more communication about files being blocked, but it doesn't suggest to me this is a response to this kind of spam. What probably happened is a file BigCorp wanted to share was opaquely blocked so now Google feels the need to provide better communication. If Google were genuinely interested in stopping the spam, they would create a way for recipients to establish which organizations could send files to them.
    • tobyjsullivan 5y ago
      Except that’s not a real solution at all, is it? Whitelisting orgs would either be an opt-in or opt-out feature. If it’s opt-in, it won’t prevent 99.999% of spam because nobody will set it up. If it’s opt-out, it will break sharing for 99.999% of users. These are never easy problems.
      • dqv 5y ago
        >won’t prevent 99.999% of spam because nobody will set it up I would. And anyone who doesn't want the spam would. Right now we send "550 Too much spam" responses to docs and sharepoint emails. I'd be happy to, as an alternative, use an interface at Google or Microsoft that let me whitelist the organizations who can send files.